Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Chapter 1287: Disappointment (4)



Everything was riddled with the claws, and they kept spilling out as though miniature cretins that had suddenly burrowed into the ground and the bodies of the two Caverns were stabbing furiously in an attempt to flee.

The large Cavern collapsed, roaring in agony. Its torso was already falling apart, chunks of its flesh ripping away from the inside and flying off. One of its legs had even exploded and was quickly disappearing because of the consistent, violent action. The fact that the ground was also being assaulted didn't bode well for the Cavern. As soon as it fell, its body was made quick work of by the claws reaching from the ground, chaotically restructuring the entire landscape.

The entire range of the Absolute Wicked Property began to dip, as though the world was swallowing itself.

The Cavern in the air wasn't faring any better. Its body was quickly ripped up as well, but it felt something else, something sinister in the claws way more vividly than its partner.

Its flesh was quickly tainted by what seemed like a vile, sludgy poison that stole its vitality and ability to control itself properly. It slowly felt its consciousness fading.

Panic rose within the creature. It knew that it had to eject its soul, but doing so meant leaving itself wide open to attacks that would then harm its Broader Existence. It had seen Skullius viciously take advantage of this and instantly kill its companions, after all.

But in this case, there was little choice.

The Cavern aimed to immediately attack Skullius after ejecting, and that was exactly what it did.

Its soul swivelled out of its body, ready to activate its Andori and counter Skullius in whatever way he chose to attack. However...

A rough hand seemed to materialise around its neck and squeeze with atrocious force. Skullius already had the creature in his grip.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Then suddenly, darkness thick as the night spilled from his fingers and wrapped around the Cavern like a blanket.

With that, the powers of the Cavern were sealed.

Skullius had employed a function of his Third Grand Tier Andori, [King of Severing Twilight: AfterDark]. As long as an enemy was coated in his darkness, they would lose access to their abilities - as long those abilities were similarly ranked or weaker than [King of Severing Twilight], that is.

"And this is how you fight Divine beings, it would seem. I'm sure it only appears simple because the bunch of you were absolutely pathetic. Harming the body and soul of a being with a more powerful Immortal Physique will likely be a lot more difficult, not to mention forcing them to split," the Hybrid Warmoth said thoughtfully while the Cavern wriggled.

He turned to the Cavern on the ground.

It ejected its soul, and pulled its sabres towards its arms. At the same, the creature hurriedly forged itself a new body with its Exotic Parlous Nature, Flawless Reinvention.

Skullius watched it closely.

'I've been using a lot of Amras. More than I thought I would. A Physique is Physique I suppose, nomatter how weak it is. My cutting Andori can only completely harm these guys' Broader Existence after two or three of them land. I wonder how far I can extend the output,' he thought before charging Amras.

In the next nano-instant, he sent out an [Elusive Meta Carver] packed with 15 units of Amras instead of 5, and...

...!

Before the large Cavern on the ground could slither into the new body it had created, Skullius' attack split it cleanly in half.

The kill was silent. [Elusive Meta Carver] was graceful, after all. It didn't attack tangible, material objects.

The notification for the Null Life Essence Skullius received rang in his head.

'Hmm, that's as much Amras as I can pack in one slash. I can triple the output and damage. I almost felt the Broader Existence get shattered just then,' he thought and turned to the Cavern he had captured.

He funnelled Amras into [King of Severing Twilight: AfterDark] and the bubble of darkness around the Cavern grew to engulf him as well. Now, the two were stowed away inside the savage darkness.

Skullius released the Cavern.

It drew back and looked around frantically.

The fear in its eyes was unmistakable.

It immediately tried to use its sole Andori on Skullius. A pale line began to appear where its hands stretched towards the Hybrid Warmoth, but it quickly broke apart and disappeared. "Don't worry. I will be sending you off to your friends in a moment," Skullius said as he pointed at the creature.

He could use the darkness to bolster his awareness, and his general vision. He attempted to do so in order to see if it truly was impossible to discern another's Broader Existence.

'I can't sense it. It appears only its owner can perceive it. Or maybe I'm just not strong enough. Even the [Legion Eyes] can't see it,' he thought.

With that, Skullius sent an [Elusive Meta Carver] whipping towards the Cavern and its arm went flying. It screeched.

'I can hardly sense anything. I'm sure this is damaging its Broader Existence, but...' Skullius sighed.

It would appear that the new power system he was to grow within now, possessed a slew of ins and out that he couldn't quite cheat through. Just perceiving the Broader Existence of another Divine being was so difficult that Skullius wondered if it could be done at all. Irritated, Skullius finished off the Cavern and dispelled the field of darkness he had conjured. He then dropped to the ground which was riddled with towering claws.

Elita appeared beside him.

"Nicely done. At this rate, I won't even need to lift a finger," she said with a smile.

"Enjoy that peace while it lasts," Skullius said to her and turned to the red sabres the giant Cavern had left behind. He used [Greatest Hegemon of Sorcerous Mana] to pull them towards

him.

"Spoils, I guess," he said and hid the sabres in his nimbus.

"Are we going to draw another set of Cavern here again?" Elita asked.

"No. We should get moving. I'd teleport us to Maqi, but I'd like to capture another Divine or two and test out some theories," he said.

Elita nodded and soon they were off.

Skullius' nimbus split off a chunk of cloud that Elita sat on it as she followed behind Skullius. The two streaked through the sky at godly speed. And as they went, Skullius finally invoked

AKHASHA.